Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-09-30


The Little Falls Transcript.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 80, 1887 ,ss
LOCAL. ITHiAGS-
Court closed on Tuesday. II. #.s ;.
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Prairie chicken season ends tomorrow.
Gravel & Goulet Bros. have dissolved
partnership. ...,.. ~.
A band of travelling musicians were
in town on Wednesday,.
The Grand Army meeting is in pro-
gress in st. Louis this week -..-
A meeting of the board of education
will be held tomorrow evening.
There is talk of organizing lodge of
United Workmen in Little Falls.
The new postoffice building will be
ready to be occupied in few days.
The district fair at St. Cloud didn't
draw many Morrison county people.
The Morrison County Market wants
cartridges, and will pay cash for them.
Next Wednesday evening a regular
meeting OF the village council will be
held.
Several Little Falls ladies' were quite
anxious to avoid giving testimony in the
Hays case.
The next book agent who strikes Little
Falls will not be so gay as the lamented
Hays was.
It only costs $4.10 for railroad fare
and admission to see the Minneapolis
Exposition.
Attorney Lindbergh has moved his
office into rooms in the second story Of
Tanners block.
People who owned hay on the west
side meadows have had busy time
fighting fires this week.
The Minneapolis Tribune Of Monday
contained write up Of Little Falls. 1t
isreproduced in another column.
M. NJ. Williams has large force of
men and teams at work digging bitches
on his meadows on the west side.
Sheriff Rasicot and Deputy Sand left
on Wednesday morning Tor saltwater
with Hays, Young and McClintoch.
A part of the street force is now at
work on First street, between Elm and
Chestnut street, grading it and covering
it with clay.
Parties who are indebted to the late
firm Of Gravel 4 Gonlet Bros. are
notified to settle accounts within 80 days
and save costs.
A special meeting of the board of
county commissioners will be held at
the county auditors office on Monday,
the 10th day of October.
The Royalton school opened on Mon
Of this week, with Prof. Stevenson as
principal, and Mrs. Villas and Miss
Wakefield as assistants.
Marriage licenses were granted this
week to Mr.. Michael Connolly and Miss
Bridget Flahaven, and Mr. Octare Plante
and Miss Albeno Gagne.
About forty oxen, -bcionging to Sam
Hayward, the St. Cloud lumberman,
passed through town yesterday on
their way to the pineries.
BY an item in another column it
will be seen that Will Bogart, formerly
of Little Falls, has been married.
SOlSThIuIdtiOuS are cAIGlluGu,
Bouck {; Murphy are buying wheat at
Royalton, and are getting the most Of
the grain that comes to town. They
ship through the Geissel warehouse.
A twelve-foot side walk has been
built on the west side Of First street be-
tween Oak and Nipple streets, and adds
much to the appearance of that part
of town.
Flynn & Buckman's tie drive passed
Little Falls on Tuesday, and it will
reach Sank Rapids ina few days. The
demand for ties is notas active as if il
was earlier in the season.
With system of wafer. works such as
St. Cloud, Sank Centreor Brainerd has
Wednesday nights fire would have beer
checked. And Little Falls will have sucl
q system within two years.
The Bsainerd plan .of running th<
Mississippi riuer through wooden 10,
instead Of Through rock canal is
great saving in expense, but it doesn'
strike the mill men. asauite 80 substan
tial.
An order has been made by the post
Office department disseminating tn,
Green Prairie postofiice. A petition
being circulated asking that the Office bt
re-estabhshed with F. ID. Hall as post
master.
The citizene Of Royalton. propose to
change their village or city organization
to conform with the general law.
seems that Streets scheme for q city
government was not carried out il
accordance with law.
A deputy U. S. marshal MAS in tow,
yesterday snmmoning witnesses t.
appear in St. Paul Monday to testify il
the case of government VS.. eEmmersor
johnson, who is charged with trespass
ing on government pine land.
A freight train brakeman named
Murphy fell from \ freight CAR while
switching at the mill side track en- Tues
day and broke one of his legs and bruis.
ed one of his shoulders badly. ,Mae cal
was on the Platte river bridge when he
Sell.
Dennis Sheedy of Swan Rive: sale
yesterday that wild fires had destroyed